Interview with
guitarist Conny Bloom of Electric Boys / Ex Hanoi Rocks
Quick Facts:
Name: Conny Bloom
Birth date: 20th of November
Place of birth: Stockholm,
Sweden
Favorite album of all time? Absolutely impossible to pick just one. But
despite of what people might think of my musical taste, I say "Bob Marley
Live".
A guitar: Fender Stratocaster! Almost all my guitar heroes played one and so that's
what I've done too.
Favorite musician: Electric fave guitarist? I
say Jeff Beck but there's many more. Acoustic: gypsy jazz virtuoso Django Reinhardt.
Favorite band or
group: Fave band. Oooh.. There's to many great bands for various reasons.. But
ok, AC-DC! Straight to the core, balls out rock'n'roll!
As you describe
yourself ? Myself, I'm a singer, guitar player, songwriter. Interested in
photography, video making, design. Loves good food and drinks. Scorpio. Proud
dad of 2 beautiful kids.
Conny, how did you become a guitarist?
I started playing guitar when
I was 11-12. Some neighbours that played guitar as well, got me curious at
first. Started on acoustic for a few years until I got my first electric.
Almost everyone has a song that is
special, you would like to reveal what is your song special and why?
There's a few but Ian Hunter's
"Irene Wild" might be the best ballad ever written…
Who are your main musical and guitar influences?
My main influences… Already said some of my fave
guitarists above but Ritchie Blackmore & Jimi Hendrix can be added. (As
well as many others). From a
songwriting point of view, I've been inspired quite often by Cheap Trick. And
funk.
You have been a member of a few famous bands...what
can you say about the days of the "Hanoi Rocks"?
Playing with Hanoi Rocks was
great! We were a hard rocking machine live and I think the album we did,
"Street Poetry", was a good album.
What has been the most exciting moment of your career
thus far?
My most exciting moments gotta
be when I played a Zeppelin medley at the Polar Prize in Sweden in front of Led
Zeppelin and the king of Sweden. We did it quite differently, with my friend
Svante Drake doing beatbox sounds with his mouth etc. Afterwards someone came to the bar to get me,
saying that "Jimmy Page wants to meet you". I was taken back to
another room where Jimmy was. He shook my hand and said "I just want you
to know it was the coolest cover version I've heard of any Zep material".
He was a gentleman, very cool.
What is next for
"Electric Boys"new album?
Next up for Electric Boys is to try get our last album
"Starflight United" out all over the world. We do some festivals this
summer in Sweden. In October we tour UK with Dan Reed Network to celebrate our
1st album "Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride" 25th year anniversary. That will
be a great tour!
To end
the interview, a phrase you want to leave ....
To finish up, I wanna thank
our fans from before for keeping the faith and say welcome aboard to the new
ones. Hopefully we get to tour just where YOU are! Peace!